Gate.



No. 674,534. Patented May 2|, 190i. R. H. CDRN ETT.

GATE.

(Application filed Oct. 29, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT ROBERT H. OORTNETT, OF SARDIS, TENNESSEE.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 674,534, dated May 21, 1901.

Application filed October 29, 1900. Serial No. 34.824. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. CORNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sardis, in the county of Henderson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in gates.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of sliding gates, more especially the means employed for operating the same, and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one adapted to be readily opened and closed at a distance from either side of it.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate const ruoted in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view illustrating the manner of mounting the weights.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures of the draw ings. V

27 designates a sliding gate designed to be constructed of any suitable material and preferably consisting of horizontal rails and vertical connecting-bars located at the front and rear ends of the gate and arranged at opposite sides thereof. The gate 27 is arranged between a pair of posts 28 and a pair of rear posts 29, which, together with latch-posts 30, are preferably mounted on a base composed of longitudinal and transverse beams or sills 32 and 33, designed to be embedded inthe ground or arranged at the surface adjacent to graded portions thereof, so that vehicles may readily pass over it. The gate is provided with an extended top rail arranged on a pulley 34 and between a pair of pulleys 35 and 36, the pulley 34 being mounted between the intermediate posts 28 and the rollers or pulleys 35 and 36 between the rear posts. The top bar may be either horizontal or inclined, and it is provided at its rear end with a weight 37 which counterbalances the gate and prevents the same from sagging and facilitates the free movement thereof.

The sliding of the gate is effected by means of a pair of operating-ropes 38 and 39, connected, respectively, at their inner ends with the front and rear portions of the gate and passing around guide pulleys 40 and 41, mounted on the tops of the intermediate posts. The operating-ropes extend outward from the pulleys 40 and 41 to pulleys 42 and 43 of uprights 44 and 45, located at opposite sides of the gate and a suliicient distance therefrom to enable them to be readily grasped by a person on horseback or in a vehicle without the animals coming in contact with the gate. The pulleys at the top of the intermediate posts are disposed horizontally and are grooved for the reception of the operating-ropes, and the other pulleys 42 and 43, which are disposed vertically, are correspondingly grooved. The operating-ropes, which are provided at their outer portions with depending loops 46, are secured at their outer terminals to the uprights at the top thereof, the looped portions receiving the weights. The weights 47, which have openings for the passage of the operating-ropes, are provided with pulleys 48 to enable the weights to slide freely on the ropes. The weights are mounted on the loops in this manner to enable the gate to be moved a considerable distance by a comparatively slight movement of the weights. The gate moves twice as far as the weights, and when either of the weights is raised the other weight acts on the gate and opens or closes it. The weights by exerting an equal strain on the operatingropes are adapted to hold the gate in any position, and it is not necessary to provide a latch; but one may be used, if desired.

Itwill be seen that the gate is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it possesses great strength and durability,and that it is easily operated to open and close it.

What I claim is 1. The combination of a sliding gate, guidepulleys, ropes connected at their inner ends with the gate and at their outer ends with suitable supports and provided at their outer ends with loops,and operating-weights loosely supported by the loops, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a sliding gate, guidepulleys arranged at the top of the same, the supports located at opposite sides of the gate and provided with suitable guides, the ropes connected at their inner ends to the gate and In testimony that l claim the foregoing as passing around the guide-pulleys, the enter my own I have hereto affixed my signature in ends of the operating-ropes being secured to the presence of two witnesses.

the said supports and the ropes being looped ROBERT H. OORNETT. 5 over the said guides, and the operating- Witnesses:

weights loosely supported by the loops, sub- M. F. BAILEY,

stantially as and for the purpose described. W. R. JOHNSTON. 

